What is Process Work?

Process Work or Process Oriented Psychology is an approach to facilitating individuals, groups and organizations. Dr. Arnold Mindell, originally a physicist and Jungian psychologist, and always researcher at heart, developed methods of carefully following the twists and turns of nature – revealing the creative patterns that lie within apparently chaotic and disturbing events and symptoms.



All of us tend to identify with only a small part of who we are. Over the boundary of our awareness, new information arises, first as a disturbance – in dreams, body experiences, symptoms and conflicts. Similarly in organizations, relationships and daily work get disturbed by conflicts and surprising events. A natural tendency is to try to eliminate the disturbance. Process Work methods involve accurately exploring both our plans, and those elements of our experience that rub up against our plans, disturb or surprise us. The interaction of all parts and dimensions of experience, yield new ideas and directions forward - and a feeling of being involved with your life and others.